North Africa

The Heinrich Böll Foundation is represented in the Middle East and North Africa region with a total of five offices in Tel Aviv, Ramallah, Beirut, Tunis, and Rabat. More information about the work of our Middle East & North Africa department and our country offices can be found on this page.

Here you will find current articles, publications, and thematic focuses on North Africa.

Recent Articles on North Africa

Unripe dates hang in multiple clusters from long yellow stems at sunset.

Tunisia: Building a Just Agroecological Transition on Traditions of Solidarity

Analysis

As soil and water in Tunisia reach their limits, agroecology emerges as the most robust pathway leading out of the failing system. To succeed, it must leverage a mechanism already embedded in Tunisia's history: community-based economy.

Emna Fourati

Photo: Two people run toward the sea on the beach. They are shown in black and white with orange outlines. "RESIST" is written in the bottom left.

Legacy of Quiet Resistance: Feminism in Tunisia through the Lens of History

Background

What does it mean to have a feminist perspective? Feminism has many faces. From the silent resilience of my grandmother to the current challenges - how has the feminist movement in Tunisia developed?

Sonia Hedhili

Strommasten vor der untergehenden Sonne in Kairo

For the People, Not the Regime: A Critical Look at Europe’s Relations With Egypt

Commentary

The economic situation in Egypt is becoming increasingly hopeless and protests are being suppressed. Europe must place the security of the people at the center of its relations with Egypt in order to improve the situation in the long term.

Anna Schwarz

Illustration: Blaue, dornenähnliche Linien, grüner Text „Wizza + Inaam Hanim“ auf blauem Hintergrund, daneben der Umriss eines Smartphones, umgeben von abstrakten Formen.

Arab Revolution in Egypt: “We Felt That the World Was Ours”

Longread

The Arab revolutions changed the lives of a whole generation. But it also had an impact on those who were children in 2011. How are they still being impacted by this moment? A conversation between two witnesses.

Wizza , Inaam Hanim

Mann mit oranger Warnweste sortiert Decken und Kleidung. Im Hintergrund laden vier Personen Hilfsgüter auf ein Auto

Emergency aid after earthquake in Morocco - In solidarity with our partners

Appeal for donations

A devastating earthquake has killed, injured or deprived thousands of Moroccans of their livelihoods. We are working in the region and have compiled a list of trusted organizations that are helping in need and rely on donations.

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Thematic Focuses on North Africa

Perspectives Middle East & North Africa

10 Years Arab Spring

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Publications on North Africa

"The oranges in Europe taste better"

About causes of escape, how to combat them and what's wrong with them.

Climate Governance and the Role of Climate Finance in Morocco

As a country very vulnerable to climate change impacts, Morocco, the host of COP22, has very high climate ambitions and has taken on a global leadership role in committing to a renewable energy future. This study explores what role climate finance has played to allow Morocco to act as a trendsetter and how its climate finance governance can be further improved.

Meriem Houzir, Mustapha Mokass

Perspectives Middle East & North Africa #9 - A Region Heating Up: Climate Change Activism in the Middle East and North Africa

The Middle Eastern and Northern African (MENA) region, faced with tumultuous changes in the last five years, shows a picture of shrinking spaces for civil society activism. In contrast, ecological activism is growing and connecting the fight for climate justice to other demands for community and indigenous rights, gender equality, democracy and transparency.

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